Commissioner Yousef Rabhi is against that idea and is concerned about pay cuts. He says the state is basically telling them to pay mental health care workers close to minimum wage to make budget, an option he does not support.

In these cold, winter months, many of us want to stay indoors. In this week's. 'Issues of the Environment,' MaryCarol Hunter, Associate Professor of Natural Resources at the University of Michigan, tells WEMU's David Fair why an "outdoor pill" has demonstrable benefits.

The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners approved a Community Support and Treatment Services budget that will allow the county to continue to offer mental health services, but it won't stop layoffs.